IN TIME
2 out of 5 stars

“for few to be immortal, many must die.”

the concept of one’s wealth being measured by time instead of good ol’ fashioned moolah is intriguing, however the execution of this movie was not... plus, justin timberlake in a DRAMATIC role? are you kidding me? riiiight.... could have had better casting, IMO. :/

this movie starts out with factory worker will salas (justin timberlake) waking up in the morning, and wishing his mother (olivia wilde) “happy birthday”. she may be 50 in real time, but she looks not a day over 25... that’s because in this world, NO ONE ages past 25, and your “clock” (looks like a glow-in-da-dark timer on your forearm) starts. most usually have about a year, and they time out... however, the rich can live forever, and they mostly live in a luxurious city called new greenwich. time can also be transferred from one another via skin contact, FYI... anyway, will works literally day by day acquiring his precious hours, and while one crazy night at the bar with his friend from the factory (i can't remember his name...it's like bartel or something), he sees henry hamilton (matt bomer from USA’s white collar) buying people drinks and flashing his 116 hour “clock”. gangsters called the minute men arrive, lead by some british thug named fortis (alex pettyfer- HOTT!), want to steal henry’s time, but will decides to be a hero and interferes... they run and hide out, and that’s when henry tells will that he’s really 105 years old, the truth about the system, and even transfers his time to will while will is sleeping. henry leaves about 5 minutes to himself, and times out on a bridge... now that will has all this time, he decides to give some to his friend, his mom, and god knows who else. however, his mom ends up timing out on the way back from paying all her bills, and will decides to seek revenge by traveling to new greenwich, where he meets the beautiful sylvia (a redhead amanda seyfried) and her controlling father philippe weis. (vincent kartheiser AKA pete campbell from mad men!) of course, a movie without an antagonist isn’t a real movie... so, there’s timekeeper raymond leon (cillian murphy) trailing will’s movements...

like i said, the concept of this movie was pretty original and intriguing, but the lack of good acting, the choppy editing, so-so script...MEH. justin timberlake needs to stick with comedies because he really is a funny guy, and leave the dramas to someone else who can cry better than he can. amanda is just annoying, and cillian...CREEP. i wished the characters were better developed, and all the bank robbery/bonnie & clyde-esque shit was boring. where’s the conspiracy? how did will’s father really die? who really was henry hamilton? why wasn’t this movie as good as gattaca or lord of war? (same director!) NONE of my questions answered... THANKS, hollywood. :/